Process Modeling

Hi, In Appian documentation, I've always read that 1/a!startProcess() works as asynchronously, while 2/a!startProcessLink() work as synchronously. But when I go in the Process Editor, and drag&drop the "Start Process" Service (3/), I can see in the "Setup" Tab that we can choose between synchronously or asynchronously mode. Could you tell me if 1/ or 2/ are using the smart service(3/) behind the scene ? and does 1/ always work asynchronously and 2/ always work synchronously ?Regards

Hi All. I hope all are doing good. I have a scenario and for that i need an idea on how to execute it.  I have an excel sheet with data. I upload the excel sheet and fetch the data using expression rule and write it to records. Here the output of expression is - List of dictionary :  Item 1 -  a:{ data in it } b: { data in it } ; item 2 - a:{ data in it } b: { data in it }.etc............ Here the data in "a" should be stored to a record and the data in "b" should be stored to b record. Any ideas please let me know. Thank you in advance.

Is there a way for a system admin to see which users have rejected a given task? If so, is this available to regular users with certain permissions granted to them?  And which ones? NOTE:  This is not the process start form.... it is a user input task within the process model. I have poked around on the process monitoring page and within a given process model instance, but I do not see a way to identify those that have rejected the task. Thank you.

Hello All, We have requirement where we would like to trigger a process Model after receiving an Email. We have looked into 2 scenarios, Email Poller approach and Receive message Event via Email. We have a few questions regarding the Receive Message Event. 1) When the users use the processmodel<uuid>@subdomain.appian.com as the email, we would like to change the Alias of the email to the one we would like them to see. We work on Appian cloud. How do we make this change? 2) Once the Alias is changed, can we use the Alias as From email to use in the Send Email Smart service? 3) For the Email Poller Approach, apart from the Mailbox and the MsGraph Smart service plug in, do we need to configure any other settings in Appian for it to work? Thank you for your help.

- Use a subprocess. - Call a web API. - Use a!recordActionItem(). - Use a Start Process smart service. - Run a!startProcess() from a script task. Thanks

Hi Team, I am stuck at one point. If possible, please give your opinion. Requirements: I have a process model with a user interface. First, I started the process model and filled in some data, but I discarded the process, so the current process ended. However, the next time I trigger that process model, it should show the previously filled data, even though it was not stored in any database, as I discarded it in the first instance

Is there any way to trigger a process from an Script Task within a process using a!startProcess() ? Thanks a lot.

If the task is assigned in process model and it is still in pending and it arrives archiving time then the process will be archived or not 

I'm getting the error 'JAXB failure trying to convert value ProcessInfo{.....} to Appian type ProcessInfo (id=xxx)' when using the Start Process node in a process model. Does anyone know what may have caused this issue?

My requirement is to know the process model status i.e. i wanted to know all the process models that are failed so that i can use them to trigger some api. As per current approach, process model either completed or failed with errors both are giving me status as 0. How can we create the difference. Please guide

Hello, I would like to know if there's a way to detect the User abandoning a session. The issue is that there are User Input Tasks that I lock to specific users when they accept them. I have a problem with the case where the User exits the form not by clicking the "EXIT" button, but by just closing the browser tab, which leaves the process running until timeout and the task remains locked. Is there a way, other than the timer, to determine whether the User had abandoned a session on a form? Thank you.

Hello, I have a template of type .docx in which certain checkboxes must be shown as 'Checked' or 'Not checked' depending on the value of some variables. I also have to, in case X variable exists, I have to show a block of the document and not show it if it is empty. I was trying to use MS Word 2007 from template but although it takes the fields correctly with the ###, I don't know how to implement those "if()" conditionals and make it work. I have also been looking at the Docx from dynamic template smart service of the 'Advanced Document Templaiting' plugin but I am not sure how to do the XML part and if I could do those "if()" with it. Has anyone had this problem or some solution available?Thanks in advance

can be run by Open and monitor in new canvas Here using a Subprocess

Hi Team,I'm facing a issue with write records smart service. And my database mysql. I'm unable to find the root cause. I have a script task before the write it outputs the data correctly.

Hi Community I have a process model that is started from an interface. A node in process model throws error 'rank (Data Outputs)' for an instance but when tried with similar inputs the node runs correctly after a minute. Can you please suggest on this.

Hi Community, I have noticed strange and unexpected behavior of the Write Records Smart Service in the current version of Appian. I have a table with a primary key that is not automatically populated via auto-increment or a sequence; instead, the value is provided by the application. A sync-enabled record type is configured for this table. I am trying to create a process model that is responsible for cloning a record. The process model consists of three steps: Retrieving the data using queryRecordByIdentifier and storing it in a process variable (pv!record). Adjusting the attribute values of the process variable (pv!record), ensuring that certain attributes in the cloned record have different values, and assigning a new value to the PK field. Writing the record to the database using the Write Records Smart Service. While executing the process model, I encountered the error: The input "Records" cannot update a record's primary key value. The request to update t

Hi all,I have a doubt is there a possibility we could have a race condition problem when appending from parallel process nodes to the same pv array? I have a following situation: So, I am generating several documents in parallel. Some of them will be generated, some of them will be skipped (based on ContractX gateways decision). When generated, I would like to add them as a document cdt instance to the array of document cdts stored in a process variable. So in each yellow marked script task I am using (on output tab) :I usually didn't have problems with possible race condition. But, in theory, is this 100% safe method? Is there a possibility multiple 'Add to docs array' nodes are executed on different process engines and execution happens exectly at the same time and there is a possibility of data loss (some items are not added to the array because 2 engines had different state of the array)?I know there is a workaround where we can merge all parts of the array after

Hi All,We have a process in our environment which gets triggered whenever it receives an email. We have a requirement from business where they want the whole outlook email or any email sent by them to Appian which triggers the process to be stored as some document inside appian. Is there any way to achieve this?

I had a related action which will update the form . Now Instead of related action I need to keep a button to update which should call same processmodel to update the form with . a!columnLayout( contents: { a!buttonArrayLayout( buttons: { a!buttonWidget( label: "Update Form", saveInto: a!startProcess( processModel: cons!_UPDATE_FORM_PROCESSMODEL, }, align: "END" ) } )when I click on that button ,It is calling the processmodel at backend but getting error and the form is not opening up like in relatedaction . If I do update from related action it is working as expected.Can someone pls help

When the "index+1" script task is reached, I would like to wait 1 second and then execute the script task.I tried to solve the problem by setting the timer, but I don't know how, so I would like to know how.

I want to set up a simple process in Appian Community, which starts when an email inbox receives an email, and from that email, a form is generated. Is it possible to do this in Appian Designer, or do I need a license?

I am using the smart service - "Export Data Store Entity to Excel" to convert my CDT data into excel file (.xlsx). I could able to get the desired data in excel. The issue is when I pass this system generated file (excel file) to the Aspose system via integration, I receive this error - "The Excel file is corrupted or not a valid Excel file." at aspose end. I checked opening this file in Linux server i.e. aspose server, I couldnt open the file. I could able to open the same in my local and from my Appian UI. Can you please help to know why it says file is corrupted in aspose end? Thanks in advance!

I have an interface tied to a process model via a!startprocess on the "Upload File to Request" button. In designer mode, this process works normally and moves it to the folder as expected. It does not work when I am on the site. The file uploaded is saved to the ri!attachments. Everything but the attachments seem to be written to the process variables. Even with requests without folders, it creates a folder and does not move it there. Any guidance would be much appreciated. Thank you so much. a!columnLayout( contents: { a!fileUploadField( label: "File Upload", labelPosition: "ABOVE", target: cons!FRR_FOLDER_RECORD_ATTACHMENTS, maxSelections: 1, value: ri!attachments, saveInto: ri!attachments, disabled: if(local!readonly = true, true, false), buttonDisplay: "ICON", buttonSize: "STANDARD"

Hi, I need to cancel a specific task process (from another process), and to do this I've found the "Cancel Process" Smart Service. I'm a little sceptic with that SmartService because in the documentation I can read "It allows you to halt all process flow and cancel all tasks associated with a process". I'm afraid I don't want to kill all the tasks associated with a process, but only one specific task. So how may I do that please (and how to get this task id) ?

I have a requirement where i  am updating the constant by using update constant smart service .The constant is having multiple values when i am updating the constant all values are getting updated with new value.Is there any way where we can update the constant at particular position. Example: I have a constant with values {"Apple","Grapes","Orange"}, by using update constant  smart service i need to update constant value Grapes to Pomegranates remaining values should not be modified. Thanks in advance